Expansion
Then Baghel Singh turned towards cis Yamuna territories, and Sikhs were soon invading territories beyond Delhi and into areas like Meerut, Awadh, and collecting tribute from the Nawabs of these regions. After establishing his military grip over part of the cis-Sutlej Punjab, Baghel Singh began to raid parts of trans-Yamuna territories (such as Meerut, Saharanpur, Shahdra, and Awadh) at the behest of his Afghan allies (such as Zabita Khan and Ghulam Qadir).
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